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Pension changes, industry investment and national insurance cuts announced in the autumn statement could all help women.
National insurance cuts and business investment were all included, as was the pensions triple lock. But our experts saw some omissions.
The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days.
It’s budget time again, and maybe the Conservatives’ final major chance to influence the upcoming general election.
The UK chancellor has limited room for manoeuvre.
ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Schools received welcome funding – but early years education and further education may be left struggling.
Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.
Swingeing cuts especially to infrastructure spending after 2025 give Labour some choices to make.
Redesigning the UK’s windfall tax on energy companies could help it to bring in more money for public spending.
Our panel of academics responds to the UK government’s latest economic plans.
The OBR’s official inflation forecasts include economists’ expectations, but what about yours?
Sunak and Hunt may hope for some normality after the budget, but markets may not be so content with the details.
Hammond has taken an oddly similar stance to former shadow chancellor Ed Balls: running a deficit and boosting infrastructure spending.
Philip Hammond has delivered Britain’s first major economic statement since its Brexit vote. Our panellists give their take on what it means.
Chancellor George Osborne has laid out his plans for UK spending for the next five years.
An opinion poll taken in the wake of George Osborne’s Autumn statement reveals that just 27% of people think the British economy is in good shape. This was a decline compared to a survey taken just three…
The government’s announcement that Bicester in Oxfordshire will be the site of a second new garden city, with plans for large-scale investment in housing and infrastructure should be exciting news. But…
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